"DAN" wrote in message
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Andrew B wrote:

Interesting to see that in picture 3 (Firefly) the props are bent back
(aircraft was travelling forwards) but in pictures 6 and 7 the props are
bent forwards (presumably the aircraft was travelling backwards).

Nope. The props are bent forwards or backwards depending on whether engine
power
was on at the time of impact. Power on - forwards.

Sorry for the delay in replying but I nearly missed your post completely in
the midst of J3's posts.(unfortunately I have had to killfile him
temporarily - not something I like doing but there are just too many posts
for me to bother with).

Thank you for the information, though I think it might take me a while to
get my head fully around the reason behind it.

--
Andrew B (Cheshire, England)

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
(Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.)